Dental caries and tooth defects are oral problems with a relatively high incidence, which not only affect the patient’s chewing ability, but also may increase the incidence of other oral diseases, such as periodontitis . Therefore, it is necessary to find the correct method to improve dental caries and In the case of tooth loss, such as filling a tooth is an effective method, but filling a tooth does not mean everything is fine. There are still some precautions that need to be mastered, which can not only make the effect better, but also prolong the life of the filling material. .

What should I pay attention to after filling my teeth?

1. Do not brush your teeth too hard

Don’t brush your teeth too hard or too fast after fillings, otherwise the fillings may fall off. Do not brush your teeth on the day of the resin filling, otherwise, the filling material may be touched and the material may fall off.

2. Don’t chew hard foods

After the filling, although the shape of the tooth has been restored , the surface does not look much different from other teeth, but the chewing performance of the tooth has not been fully restored, so it is impossible to chew hard food often after filling, and the initial stage Also not be able to chew any food with the side of the filling.

3. Pay attention to your diet

Special attention should be paid to the diet after filling the teeth, because the filling material takes a period of time to solidify. Therefore, you should not eat any food within two hours after the filling. After two hours, you can eat some light, mild liquid food or semi-liquid food. , such as porridge, soup and milk and bread, and usually avoid eating cold or hot food.

4. Pay attention to oral hygiene

Although fillings can control the development of caries, if you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, it may lead to the recurrence of caries. Therefore, after fillings, you should pay attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth every morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, and usually Have regular oral exams.

5. Special protection

For a tooth with a large area of ​​​​defect, even if the tooth body is repaired after resin filling, the resistance of the tooth body is also in a state of insufficient resistance, and it is easy to break the tooth when chewing . Therefore, when filling a large area of ​​defect with resin , Do the crown protection of the affected tooth according to the doctor’s suggestion to avoid the occurrence of tooth fracture.

Kind tips

Although the technology of filling teeth is very mature now, there may still be some discomfort symptoms after filling teeth. If there is mild pain , you can observe it temporarily, and sometimes it will disappear after a period of time. On the contrary, if there is a trend of aggravation, or if there is throbbing pain or hot and cold stimulation pain, it is necessary to go to the hospital for follow-up in time, and then carry out targeted treatment after identifying the cause.